Window-shade bar



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' H. L. JUDD.

WINDOW SHADE No. 291,197. Patented Jan. 1; 1884.

UNITED STATES PATENT @rrrcri.

. HUBERT L. June, or BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

WINDOW-SHADE BAR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 291,197, dated January 1, 1884.

A pplicntion filed August 24, 1883. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HUBERT L. J UDD, of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented an. Improvement in Window-Shade Bars, of which the following is a specification.

Window-shades have been provided with bars suspended from the bottom slats, such bars serving as pulls in drawing down the window-shade or allowing it to roll up.

My invention is made for cheapening the construction of these window-shade bars or pulls, rendering them more durable and increasing their ornamental appearance.

In the drawings, Figure l is an elevation of the shade-bar. Fig. 2 is an inverted plan of the clip and section of the suspending-eye; and Fig. 3 is a cross-section of the bar at the line as 00. Figs. 2 and 3 are in enlarged size.

A portion of the windowshade is represented at A, and the bottom slat, B, is introduced as usual.

The clips 0 G are of sheet metal and adapted to be passed from below up at each side of the slat, and secured thereto by tacks d or other suitable fastenings.

The suspending-links E extend from the eyes f at the clips 0 to the eye 9 at the shadebar F, so that said shade-bar hangs below the slat B and can be grasped in raising or drawing down the shade. similar to button-shanks-that is to say, they are made of wire bent into nearly a circle, with the ends turned outwardly in line, or

nearly so, with each other, as shown in the sectional portion of Fig. 1. There is a cross slot or mortise cut in the under part of each clip, as at 3, and there are recesses struck up in the metal, as at 4. These allow the ends of the eye f to be put through the slot and then the eye turned around so as to be in line with the slat B, so that the ends of the eye will be received into the recess 4; hence when the clip '0 is put upon the window-shade the eye cannot become detached, because the ends are firmly retained in the recesses; but the eye can swing back andforth, the end portions forming pivots.

The bar F is preferably made of wood, with a braiding of brass or other wire forming the The eyes f and g are surface thereof, and at the ends are the metallic cylindrical portions L, with globular or other ornaments, N, to confine the braiding.

The cylindrical p ortion L is slotted transversely and. recessed the same as the slot 3 and re" cesses 4 of the clip 0, and an eye, 9, is inserted into the slot of each end cylinder, L, and turned around so that the ends of the eye are received into the recesses. The bar F is then thrust into the cylinder L and the eye thereby retained firmly in place, but allowed to swing upon the end portions, the same as the eyes f. By this construction the shade-bar is suspended by similar appliances near each end. The connections are very strong and the parts simply require to be put together. The end portions, L N, will usually hold firmly upon the bar F simply by friction, but punctures or pins may be applied to prevent the cylinders slipping off the bar F.

The clip 0 and eye f might be used for a shade-cord, and the eyes f or 9 might be re placed by screw-eyes passing into the wood; but I prefer the device shown.

I do not claim a shade-bar in which there is a plush surface upon a wooden rod. Neither do I, claim a window-shade pull in which the bar is suspended by links and eyes screwed into the wood.

I claim as my invention 1. The combination, with the clip 0, of the eye f, the clip being slotted at 3 for the insertion of the ends of the eye and recessed at 4, so that the eye is held in place when the clipis fastened in place, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination, with the bar F, of the sheet metal end L and the suspending-eye g, the metal end L being slotted for the ends of the eye to be passed in, and recessed to re ceive such ends, so that they will be firmly held by theinsertion of the bar F, as set forth.

3. The window-shade bar formed of wood or similar material with braiding upon the surface thereof, in combination with metallic end pieces that are slipped on outside the braiding to secure the same, substantially as set forth.

4. The combination, with the window-shade slats,-of clips to be attached to the same, the

suspending-eyes f passing into openings in Signed by me this 21st day of August, A. D. the clips and having their ends turned out- 1883. \vardly, links E, and bar F, substantially as set fortln HU BERT L. JUDD. 5 5. The combination, with the bar F, of the eyes 9, having ends that are turned outwardly, \Vitnesses:

the suspending-links E, and the clips C, snb- \VILLIAM G. MOTT,

stantially as set forth. J. STAILE. 

